WHAT ON EARTH IS DECIEM?
Known as “The Abnormal Beauty Company”, DECIEM is the parent company of The Ordinary, NIOD, and other beauty brands & is an industry disruptor with a science first approach to innovation. DECIEM was Co-Founded in 2013 by the late Brandon Truaxe, a visionary who set out to change the beauty industry through authenticity and transparency. He developed DECIEM to be a happy family (of people and beauty brands), rooted in kindness, creativity, diversity, and respect, alongside Co-Founder and CEO, Nicola Kilner.
We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for someone who shares this vision and wants to grow with us!
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join our Finance team on a full-time and permanent basis. This position will be based out of our Head Office in Liberty Village and offers a hybrid working model of 2-days a week in-office and 3-days a week work-from-home.
A large component of this position is taking care of Accruals – booking month-end entries, tracking accruals, preparing reconciliations and reports/ad-hoc reports on our accrual position.
WHAT YOU’D BE DOING IN THIS ROLE
- Prepare and ensure compliance with financial reporting for all corporate entities and consolidation
- Perform period-end financial close responsibilities, including journal entry preparation and account reconciliations to support financial reporting
- Responsible for complete and accurate accrual accounting on major areas of operating expenditure, collaborating with cross functional teams towards recording and tracking accruals, subsequent analysis and regular monitoring to ensure completeness and accuracy. Provide timely updates and comprehensive reports to management on the company's accrual position.
- Assist with preparation and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual Financial Statements for 9 + group entities including various levels of reporting and variance analysis (e.g. year over year, vs budget)
- Responsible for complete and accurate intercompany accounting and reconciliations across all entities
- Collaborate with the wider finance team to assist with annual audits of all entities within the company
- Identify, recommend, and implement strategies to continuously improve reporting and accounting for financial statement items and reduce risk
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies
- Demonstrate deep understanding of control design within the role’s span of controls, including how the control is supposed to operate
- Perform the control as its designed on a timely basis, inclusive of retaining appropriate evidence (calculations, explanations, emails, preparer’s dated sign off)
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE
- 3+ years of experience as a Financial Accountant within a Corporate Accounting Environment
- Strong background with accruals – month-end entries, tracking accruals, preparing reconciliation
- Strong systems, network management and data reporting and analytics experience is required. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics considered an asset.
- Relevant education in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or another relevant field OR equivalent work experience is required. CPA, CMA, Master’s degree in accounting or finance related field considered a plus
- Excellent interpersonal, communication skills both written and oral and ability to work with all levels of staff and management
WHAT YOU’LL BE GAINING BY JOINING OUR TEAM
There’s a lot of good stuff that comes along with being a DECIEM team member. Here’s a few of our favourite perks and benefits, in no particular order…
- Generous Vacation & Personal Days, plus additional time off for volunteering in your community, voting, peaceful protesting, celebrating your birthday, and more.
- 6 months of paid time off for new parents (inclusive of all genders).
- Work from anywhere 4 weeks per year.
- A hybrid work model (for applicable roles).
- Summer Friday’s - get off at 1pm all summer long! (for applicable roles).
- Unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Program that includes mental health care, mindfulness programs, and more.
- Access to Development Grants & a LinkedIn Learning membership to help you keep growing and learning.
- A generous discount on DECIEM products for you, your family, and your friends.
BUILDING GROWTH TO POWER GOOD
We are a People first company that lives by our core values to…
- 😊 Do the right thing
- 💡 Create impact
- 🌱 Respect small things
- ❤️ Care too much
- 🚀 Be the future
These values continue to guide us in all that we do. Along the way, we’ve been honoured to win some pretty incredible awards, including a CEW Achiever Award, Best Skincare Brand at Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards, and Most Popular Sustainable Brand by The Cosmetify Index Global. We’re still blushing!
SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT
DECIEM’s objective is to build growth and do good things while prioritizing people, animals, and the Earth.
Our Sustainability strategy is focused on fighting climate change, improved waste management, responsible packaging, responsible sourcing and product lifecycle, and water conservation.
In 2020, DECIEM established the Good Fund to support both large and grassroots charities in response to global events.
CREATING A HUMAN WORLD OF BEAUTY
DECIEM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by creating meaningful, measurable change in the lives of our team members and in the communities where we operate. Achieving equality is critical to DECIEM and our future. You can learn more about our DEI commitment in our open letter, "Belonging is the Destination, Change is the Journey".
DECIEM is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on age, colour, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, provincial and local laws. We are also committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you are contacted to be part of our recruitment process and require accommodation, please let us know.
WANT TO JOIN US?
Thank you for reading the whole thing! If you liked what you heard, kindly send us your resume. We really appreciate your effort in applying for this position. However, only those who have been shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. <3
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